Abstract

• Public dug wells are commonly used for drinking, bathing, cleaning and cooking purposes. Two water samples from two dug wells, named Yarma and Cow Lake, along Shwe-Ta-Chaung Creek were examined at Public Health Laboratory in two times to determine the contamination of surface associated with waste water. The first time is October 2017 and second time is March 2018. Four water chemical analysis reports for the two wells are chemically unpotable. The results are compared with the World Health Organization (WHO) standard values to identify the existence of contaminants above the acceptable levels. Also four soil samples near each dug well and related creek were determined with Rigaku EDXRF spectrometer in two times to estimate the elemental pollution in the soil. Contamination factor, modified degree of contamination and pollution load index for soil contamination was calculated. The objective of this research is to determine the environmental pollution on the two public dug wells located adjacent to the Shwe-Ta-Chaung Creek in Tanpawaddy Quarter Mandalay, Myanmar. The water supply wells are impacted by contamination associated with waste water. Yarma Dug Well region adjacent to the rubbish filter site is more polluted than Cow Lake Dug Well region.